That the Pitt Grill waitress mentioned in a recent Morning News piece on author-turned-street person GARY SHAW has been fired for the crime of giving Shaw an occasional free burger. . .that SMU English professor MARSHALL TERRY’S daughter, TOINETTE, has cowritten the screenplay for another of those insufferable “Ernest” movies, “Ernest Gets Lost”.. .that TOM WOLFE’S next novel will feature a Dallas-style character who goes to prison after a little hit-and-run down at the corner S&L.. .that less than 48 hours after the idea of Oak Cliff (of all places) seceding from Dallas hit the newspapers, BOB MCELEARNEY and his Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce had received more than $200,000 in unsolicited pledges to support the cause.. .that TOM LUCE, the boyish Idea Candidate who finished way behind CLAYTON WILLIAMS in the GOP primary, is moving from the Park Cities-but not, he says, in order to launch a run for mayor of Dallas.. .
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